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a bushel. Groceries and dry goods were much less than formerly. The prices of provisions had been raised by the rush to the California gold mines, while store goods had fallen from increased importations.

PORTLAND PRICES.

1850 1870 1890

Apples, dried, per pound $ .50 $ .07 $ .06

Peaches, dried, per pound 50 ... .12

Beef, fresh at block, per pound 18 .12 .12

Pork, fresh at block, per pound 16 .10 .07

Hams .16 .12

Butter, fresh, per pound i.oo .30 .25

Cheese, per pound 50 .20 .14

Flour, per pound 10 .03 .02

Coffee, green, per pound 18 .25 .22

Sugar, brown, per pound 20 .12 .05

Sugar, loaf, white, per pound 50 .18 .07

Tea, per pound i .00 i .00 i .00

Molasses, per gallon 1.50 .75 .75

Tobacco, per pound 75 i.oo 1.50

Rice, per pound 20 .15 .06

Lard, per pound 40 .18 .10

Salt, per pound 06 .03 .02

Iron, per pound 16 .04 .04

Nails, per pound 18 .06 .05

Chickens, per dozen 4.00 6.00

Eggs, per dozen i.oo .35 .15

Wheat, per bushel 3.00 .80 .65

Potatoes, per bushel ". 6.00 .75 1.50

Oats, per bushel 1.50 .40 .38

Baled hay, per ton 1 1 .00 16.00

Rough lumber, per thousand 75-0o 14.00 10.00

Cooking stoves 75-00 30.00 25.00

Hops .20 .10

Whiskey, good, per gallon 1.50 4.00 5.00

$

1910

.08

•15 .20 .20 .20

.36 .18

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.10

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.20

.01

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/•50

•35 .90

1-25

•50 20.00

14.00

30.00

•15 6.00

WAGES IN PORTLAND, I9IO, COMPARED WITH SCALE IN OTHER LARGE CITIES.

Portland, Oregon. Wages.

Barbers, per week $16.00

Bartenders, per week 18.50

Carpenters, per day 3.50

Cigarmakers, per day 3.50

Electricians, per day 3.50

Longshoremen, per day 4-95

Painters, per day 3.50

Plasterers, per day 5-50

Plumbers, per day 5.00

Printers, per day 5.00

Steamfitters, per day 5-00

Structural iron workers, per day 4.50

Tailors, per day 3.00

Teamsters, per day 2.75

Tilesetters, per day 5-50

Waiters, per week 12.50

Waitresses, per week 9-00

Working hours per day.

10 10-12 8 8 8 9 — 10 8 8 8

7-7/2-8

8

8

8—10

9 10 IT

8

10 — 12